Improvement in hay-hakers and loaders



F. W. HARLOW.

, Hay Loader.

Patented June 22,1869.

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Letters Patent No. 91,623, dated Jane 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-BAKERS AND LOADERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern invented a new and improved Hay-Loader; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, -clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled iuthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specificatiom I This invention relates to improvements in hay-loading apparatus, designed to provide a simple and eflicient machine for the purpose; and

It consists in the peculiar arrangement of the parts of ihe same, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l'represents a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus, taken on the line 10-22 of"fig. 2, and Figure 2 represents a sectional elevation on the line y-y of fig. 1. I

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts. a p I provide a truck, A, supported on the wheels B, and an axle, O, having an elevated frame, D, and so arranged as to be fastened tot-he wagon, near the front, and drawn along the side thereof. 1 I i Upon the rear end of the frame,I hinge a rakehead, E, having curvedsteel-wire teeth G, which gather the hay under the axle. The 'said rake isalso provided with an operatinghandle, H, for'directing or regulating it. p

Upon pulleys I, on the shaft .0, and corresponding pulleys upon a transverse shaft, K, at the top of the frame D, I- arrange the belts or chains of an elevator, of whichL are transverse rakes, so arranged, relatively to the rakedeeth, that when they sweep around the pulleys I at the bottom, they will gather the hay there from and carry it to the top, where they will deliver it to a trough, M, having a carrier, N, in it, moving transversely along the head of the elevator, and delivering the hay to the load.

The said carrier is ope'ratcdby a belt, I, from a wheel on the shaft 0, and consists of a pair of belts or chains, working over suitable pulleys at each end, and connected by cross-bars. Any suitable arrangement of carrier may, however, be used.

In advance of each rake-head L, on the elevator, I propose to arrange any preferred number of wood bars L, to prevent the hay from falling oli' the-said rakeheads; and I also propose to employ side-guards L, preferably made of strong canvas, to confine the hay at the ends of the rake-heada.

The side of the trough Mis provided with bentfingers, M, arranged to pass between the ,fingers of the rake-heads L, and take therefrom the hay as the said rake-heads pass over the upper pulleys. v i

. When chains-are employed for the elevators, I propose to make the wheels over which they work, with flat facets on the periphery, corresponding in length to the links of the chains.

One of the wheels B may,-if preferred, be arranged to work loosely on the shaft G, to facilitate turning around curves.

Aclntch may be provided on the drivirig axle,to gear and ungear the elevator when required.

. Having thus described my invention,

\Vhat I claim as pew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'Ilie arrangementofthetruck Aand elevator-frame D, supported upon the axle G, bearing the wheels 13, the hinged rake F G, the rake-elevator and carrier,

the trough M, guards M, and the endless carrier N ,7

as herein described, for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: F W. HARLOW.

WM. H. FENNER, H. O. BRYANT. 

